Missing teen's family puts up Web site to aid search

ESCONDIDO 
The family of a missing Escondido girl has set up a Web site to help in the search.

Amber Dubois, 14, was last seen shortly after 7 a.m. Friday while walking to Escondido High School, said her father, Maurice Dubois. She lives a few blocks from the school with her mother, stepfather and stepsister.

Maurice Dubois said it was unlike her to be absent.

“She's a very structured girl,” he said. “She never misses school. She never misses anything. . . . When she's five minutes late, she calls her mother to tell her why she's going to be five minutes late.”

Amber also was excited about school Friday because she had a $200 check for an agricultural program and Valentine's Day gifts for her friends.

The Web site is amberleeannedubois.com. It has pictures and contact information. She is described as 5-foot-5, 130 pounds, with brown hair and blue eyes. She was last seen wearing dark clothing.

A report of a possible sighting of her Saturday in downtown Escondido is now considered unreliable, Maurice Dubois said. –M.R.

Man sought in slaying nabbed at border crossing

SAN YSIDRO: A man wanted on murder charges whose case was scheduled to be shown on the TV show “America's Most Wanted” has been arrested at the San Ysidro Port of Entry.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents took Jeffrey Berrouet, 23, into custody at 10:15 p.m. Saturday when he walked into the United States, officials said yesterday.

San Bernardino County sheriff's detectives issued the arrest warrant for Berrouet. He is suspected in the June 2008 robbery, kidnapping, torture and slaying of Robert Mastrangelo, 24, described as a San Bernardino rapper, The Press-Enterprise newspaper reported.

Agents said he presented a California driver's license and declared he was a U.S. citizen. A check on his identity revealed the warrant and that Berrouet was considered armed and dangerous, officials said.

Riverside County deputies also have issued a warrant for Berrouet on a charge of having a controlled substance, federal agents said.

“America's Most Wanted” canceled the segment on Berrouet after his arrest, officials said. –A.M.

Suspect in molestations of kids arrested in Taiwan

A man suspected of molesting children at a San Diego day-care center has been arrested in Taiwan, authorities and news services said.

Mark Kaczmarczyk, 58, was arrested in Taipei on Sunday by Taiwanese law enforcement at the request of the FBI, Asian news services reported yesterday.

News services said Kaczmarczyk is to be extradited to the United States. He was said to be suspected of molesting children at a day-care center he and his wife operated in 2007.

FBI spokesman Darrell Foxworth in San Diego said San Diego police investigated the original case against Kaczmarczyk, and the District Attorney's Office filed charges against him. The FBI became involved after Kaczmarczyk fled to Taiwan. An arrest warrant was issued Jan. 27 with bail set at $2 million.

In an unrelated case, another San Diego man, Dennis Edward Holland II, 37, was arrested Friday on suspicion of possessing child pornography, Foxworth said. FBI agents booked Holland into federal jail in San Diego, and he is to scheduled to appear in court today. –P.R.